Senator Richard Blumenthal has requested detailed information from Cantor Fitzgerald about its custody of Tether's U.S. reserves and the stablecoin's alleged involvement in sanction evasion, particularly relating to Iran and Russia. The inquiry aims to clarify Cantor's business relationship with Tether, its banking operations, and compliance with sanctions. This investigation could influence upcoming digital asset regulations as Congress evaluates the stablecoin's use in illicit finance. A potential shift in Senate majority after the midterms may increase the investigative powers of Blumenthal and other Democratic senators involved in this matter.
Tether (USDT) is trading at Rp17.885 on Pluang as of Oct 09, 2026 11:02 WIB, showing a slight 0.10% increase in the last day. The stablecoin holds a market cap of Rp3.293,63 trillion with a 24-hour trading volume of Rp1.746,17 trillion. On Pluang, sell orders dominate with 59% of activity, while typical investors hold their positions for about 90 days.
Stablecoin supply on Ethereum, Arbitrum One, and Base increased by $403.1 million over a week in October 2026, with Ethereum contributing the largest share of $243 million. Ethereum now holds about 47-48% of the total on-chain stablecoin supply, maki...
On October 9, 2026, Tether blacklisted four THORChain vault addresses on the Tron network, freezing about 1.45 million USDT and stopping THORChain's Tron-based cross-chain swaps. The freeze lasted roughly three hours before Tether removed the blackli...
Wallets linked to a $90 million Ledger distributor hack transferred 430.2 ETH (about $1.07 million) to Tornado Cash on Oct. 9, following Tether freezing related funds. The operators also swapped some USDT for USDD and moved part of the assets to a Bi...
A crypto trader lost 80 Bitcoin, worth about $6.6 million, after transferring them to a new Ledger hardware wallet bought from a reseller named CryptoBilis. The coins were held on the device for 10 days before being stolen in a single transfer. Ledge...
Tether has frozen about $90 million in USDT tokens stolen from Ledger hardware wallet users via a compromised distributor in Southeast Asia. The freeze prevents the stolen USDT from being transferred but does not return funds to victims. Ledger is in...
